Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-02-16
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCHL NEWS.
Paint your house.
Get your fences in good repair.
READ Cunningham money ad. 81
Did your valentine make you angry
Goldsmith will leave here by the 22d
inst.
For cheap residence lots see Henry
- Morgan. 3.
Hon. w. p. Hackney is over from
Winfield.
A little STRENGTHENING would be a
good thing.
Uncle Peter Petit started west again
last Saturday.
Jas. A. Blair was down from Kansas
City this week.
Allen, Overstreet & Ellis have CHEAP
money and cause no delay. 80
-Four 5-toot walnut showcases for sale
by HUBBARD, the Jeweler. 81
II. j. Taliaferro started on short
trip TO Missouri last Friday.
Adelbert Sparks is improving, after
quite "A severe spell of sickness.
p. b. Cole shipped several car loads
of stock to Kansas City this week.
q DR. l. W. Stout Is attending the ma
sonic grand Lodge at Atchison, to-day.
Frank Rigg is working ON the real es-
tate assessment books for this city and
township.
The Palmer House will be for rent
the 18th of February. Enquire of a.
l.. Freeman. SO
Mrs. Brand is teaching MISS Mary
Durham the intricacies of g. pe-writing
and stenOgraphy.
Mayor Ingraham and ID. VanSlyke
went over to Independence yesterday ON
railroad business.
Don't place your farm loan until you
have seen the new loan firm of Allen,
OyerstrCet ~ Ellis. 80
Denton & Jones have moved their Of
flee to the corner room over the Citi-
zen's National bank.
"A girl baby, their first, was born last
night TO Mr.. and Mrs. Ewart, northeast
2miles. DR.. Moore was there.
The new loan firm of Allen, Over
street x Ellis are prepared to furnish
cheap money on short notice. 80
Tom Doran was in Kansas City last
week, and saw George Sanderson, who,
he says, is doing we'll in the real estate
business.
Louie Lord. supported by tirst-class
dramatic company, is billed to appear
in this city for two nights-March LIST
and ID.
Judge Ellis returned from Meade
county Sunday, where he was called to
settle difficulty between rival railroad
companies out there.
j. W. Harrington, III. b. Steck, T.. b.
and l.. G.. Peck, l.. G.. Afford and sew
eral other prominent citizens of Hazel
ton were here yesterday.
r. II. Lee returned last Wednesday
from Texas, where he had been spending
two months. lie reports that his live
stock there never did better.
five had farm for sale in Barber
county we would certainly be very
glad of the opportunity to vote for an.
other railroad into the county.
The conductors on the Southern Kan.
sas now run through from Kansas City
20 Kiowa. Formerly their runs were
much shorter, but more frequent.
The county superintendent, II. s
Lands. will be absent from his Office
during the next few weeks, excepting
en- Saturdays, inspecting the schools OF
the county. 35
Mr.. J. NJ. Gentry, Of Hannibal, Mo-,
father of +. j. Gentry, Of the Badger
lumber company, of this city, is here
looking at the country. lie may decide
TO buy land.
This week we received I 800 pounds
81 the finest printing material ever
shown in this city. Come in, and IL we
do not give satisfaction on job work
we will not charge n cent for the effort
Complaints about the miserable ca.
boose attached TO the freight train be
tween this place and Attica, continue
to be made. II would seem that bet.
ter car should be provided. considering
the amount Of travel ON THAI train.
It is rumored that there Is a differ.
ence existing between prominent citi
zens of Kiowa over the location of the
Fort Scott n Wichita depot. One re
port Is that an individual offered SS.5
for the privilege OF locating the depot
and his offer was accepted. much TO the
disgust of large number of citizens.
III. Il. Noble spent week in Kansas
City. and returned home last Monday
While there, he purchased for his firm
Noble & Nixon, Eve carloads Of agri.
cultural implements and buggies. lie
clnims to have the inside ON frnpie
ments and machinery, and proposes &c
make q speciality OF this class OF goods
and Bicycles AM spTiDs Wagons